Die Wilby-Verschwörung

Kapstadt 1974, es herrscht Apartheid. Freiheitskämpfer Shack Twala (Poitier) wird brutal verhaftet. Seine Anwältin Rina (Prunella Gee) und deren Freund, der britische Bergbauingenieur Jim Keough (Caine), werden Zeuge der Szene und befreien Twala. Zu dritt fliehen sie ins 1500 km entfernte Johannesburg, wo Twalas politische Freunde sie in Sicherheit bringen sollen. Doch im Auto steckt ein Peilsender, durch den der Geheimdienst den dreien immer dicht auf den Fersen bleibt - eine tödliche Bedrohung, denn es geht dabei um mehr, als die Flüchtlinge ahnen.

Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the police. Assisted by his lawyer Rina Van Niekirk and visiting British engineer Jim Keogh, he heads for Capetown where he hopes to recover a stash of diamonds, meant to finance revolutionary activities, that he had entrusted to a dentist before his incarceration. Along the way, they are followed by Major Horn of the South African State security bureau and it becomes apparent that he has no intention of arresting them until they reach their final destination